[ 2017-01-17 ]

Osaafo Maafo [L] and Kan Dapaah [Right

Osafo Maafo, Kan Dapaah to be vetted on Friday
The Appointments Committee of Parliament will this
Friday, January 20th 2017, begin vetting minister
nominees appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo.

Osafo Maafo, senior Minister nominee, will be the
first to appear before the committee, which is
also popularly referred to as Vetting Committee,
followed by Kan Dapaah, who will head the Security
Ministry.

Finance Minister-nominee, Ken Ofori-Atta, as well
as nominee for Defense, Dominic Nitiwul, will all
take their turns on the first day.

Day two

The committee will further sit on Saturday,
January 21, 2017, to vet Attorney-General &
Justice Minister-nominee, Gloria Akuffo, and
Minister-nominee for the Interior Ministry,
Ambrose Dery.

Day three

On Monday, 23rd January, 2017, the Committee will
also vet Minister-nominee for Local Government &
Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama,
Minister-nominee of Trade and Industry, Alan
Kwadwo Kyerematen, Minister-nominee of
Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, and
Minister-nominee of Energy, Boakye Agyarko.

Day four

Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Minister nominee for
Foreign Affairs, Dr. Matthew Opoku-Prempeh,
Education and Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Health, will
appear before the Appointments committee on
Tuesday, January 24, 2017.
In all, 36 nominees would be vetted.

Vet security minister in camera

Ahead of the vetting, security agency, Eagle Eye
International, has called on Parliament to vet
nominees for Defense, Interior and National
Security in camera.

Eagle Eye argues that, information and security
strategies that would be given out in response to
questions asked them at the vetting committee
might put the security of the country in
jeopardy.

“We have watched carefully the vetting of
Ministers and their Deputies in the past, and know
how information is divulged during the process, in
the quest of parliament to know the qualification,
experience and strategies, the nominees intend to
adopt to make their ministries stronger and more
effective…It is a major security threat, in our
view, to lay bare for instance, plans to make the
strategies of our nation better.

We may compromise the security of our country if
we deliberately or involuntarily divulge some sort
of information to those we are protecting the
country from,” Eagle Eye International said in
the petition.

Below is the full list of members on the
Appointments committee:

Joseph Osei-Owusu (MP for Bekwai and First Deputy
Speaker) – Chairman

Adwoa Safo (MP for Dome Kwabenya and Deputy
Majority Leader)

Kwesi Ameyaw Cheremeh (MP for Sunyani East and
Majority Chief Whip)

Dominic Nitiwul (MP for Bimbilla)

Samuel Atta Kyea (MP for Abuakwa South)

Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Manhyia South)

Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover (MP for Tema
East)

Ursula G. Owusu-Ekuful (MP Ablekuma West)

Joseph Kofi Adda (Navrongo Central)

Joseph Cudjoe (Effia)

Patricia Apeagyei (Asokwa)

O.B. Amoah (Akwapim South)

Kofi Amoako Hene (Atebubu)

Anthony Karbo (Lawra)

Barbara Asher Ayisi (Cape Coast South)

Micheal Yaw Gyato (Krachie)

Minority:

Haruna Iddrisu (Minority Leader and MP for Tamale
South) – Ranking Member

Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak (Minority Chief Whip and
MP for Asawase)

Mahama Ayariga (Bawku Central)

Sampson Ahi (Bodi)

Eric Opoku (Asunafo South)

Bernice Adiku Heloo (Hohoe)

Joseph Yieleh Chireh (Wa West)

Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye (Odododiodioo)

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (North Tongu)

Alhassan Suhuyini (Tamale North)

Source - citifmonline.com

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